Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site
I finally found a Confederate site that Doug wouldn’t object to visiting: the site that marks where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured on May 10, 1865, at the end of the Civil War. Located …
Tag: Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site
In 1996, the powerful docudrama Andersonville aired on television. I remember being horrified/fascinated by it, and reading a book about it soon thereafter. Ever since I’ve wanted to visit the camp, and we were finally …
Buc-ee’s
Once we hit The South, we had been repeatedly told “Omigosh, you HAVE to go to Buc-ee’s for the brisket!” So even though Buc-ee’s was founded in Texas, which is where we would normally go …
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Plains, Georgia, is clearly proud to be the hometown of our 39th President, Jimmy Carter, and his wife Rosalyn. Plains had just 600 residents when Jimmy was born, so I guess producing a President (and …
Roosevelt’s Little White House at Warm Springs
Woo-hoo! A presidential site we were both excited about -– Roosevelt’s Little White House located in Warm Springs (formerly Bullochville), Georgia. During the pandemic I read Polio: An American Story#AD by David M. Oshinsky. It …
Etowah Mounds State Historic Site
The Etowah Indian Mounds in Cartersville, Georgia are not going to win any prizes for exciting places to visit, even though they are “the most intact Mississippian culture site in the Southeast”, per Georgia State …
New Echota State Historic Site
Normally I eschew sites that are reproductions, but I made an exception for the New Echota State Historic Site in Calhoun, Georgia due to its connection to the Trail of Tears, one of the subjects …
Rock City, Tennessee (Or Is it Georgia?)
The Rock City website declares “Fall in Love with Tennessee’s #1 Attraction!” Is it supposed to be ironic? Or are they taking shots at Tennessee’s tourism industry? You see, Rock City is located in Lookout …
Eating Our Way Across Georgia
There’s never enough time to sample all the regional food that’s on our list while we travel the country, but here is some of the fare we were able to sample in Georgia. Multiple people …
A Few Random Stops in Georgia
We did a quick dash into Georgia for Doug to attend a work event in Atlanta, and turned right around and headed North — it was August in a van, after all! These are a …